Savings Bond Sales Up 36%

January 16, 1986

Sales of U.S. savings bonds totaled $5.4 billion in 1985, up 36 percent from $4.01 billion in 1984, the Treasury Department said. At the end of 1985, savings bonds outstanding totaled $79.8 billion, up 7 percent from $74.5 billion at the end of 1984.